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James Fullwood

English footballer (1911-1981)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ6134301 ↗
Source-derived summary

James Fullwood (17 February 1911 – 1981) was a professional footballer who played for Thorne Colliery, Tottenham Hotspur, and Reading.

Football career

The left back began his career at Thorne Colliery. Fullwood joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1934 and played a total of 35 matches and scoring once in all competitions for the Lilywhites. After leaving White Hart Lane, Fullwood joined Reading where he went on to feature in a further 44 matches between 1938 and 1939.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “James Fullwood” is english footballer (1911-1981). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through James, Fullwood and English, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1911, 1981, 1934, 1938—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1911-02-17. For this dossier, James, Fullwood and English is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “english footballer (1911-1981)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6134301. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1911, 1981, 1934 and 1938.

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A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “James Fullwood” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.